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Core product strategy research at Figma means investigating the future of design itself. The role involves understanding how AI, collaboration, and new creative workflows will evolve, directly influencing product decisions that shape an entire industry.

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# Researcher, Core Product Strategy

**Location:** San Francisco, CA | New York, NY | United States

About Figma

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all.

Role Overview

The Figma Research team seeks a researcher to support Figma Design and actively develop and execute research to drive scale, tap new opportunities, and ensure Figma continues pushing innovation in design and production tooling.

What You'll Do

  • Help Figma grow and innovate by delivering strategic research and recommendations
  • Materially influence the vision and strategy for Figma Design
  • Partner closely with product leaders to find opportunities, generate strategy, and define success
  • Break down complex business challenges into clear research plans
  • Lead the end-to-end research process with strong storytelling skills
  • Harness your product mindset to influence product roadmap
  • Advocate for Research as a strategic business partner

    • Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in UX research or user insights at a high growth B2B SaaS company
  • Expertise in applying a variety of research methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques
  • Proven success identifying assumptions, prioritizing critical ones, and creating research approaches to test them
  • Track record of gaining consensus from executive team members and articulating user stories
  • Experience conducting research on AI-powered features or working on teams exploring AI applications

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years in product design, user-centric product management, product development, or front-end engineering
  • Familiarity and depth of experience using Figma's products

    • Compensation & Benefits

    **Annual Base Salary Range:** $169,000 - $250,000 USD

    Benefits include equity, health/dental/vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health support, generous PTO, company recharge days, learning & development stipend, work-from-home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.

    Employment Details

    Full-time role available from US hubs or remote within the United States.

    About Figma

    Figma

    Collaborative design tool used by virtually every product design team in the world. Figma brought design to the browser and made real-time collaboration the default.

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